§ 21-283. Maintenance of manufactured home parks.

Manufactured home park districts, as defined by this chapter, shall be maintained in a neat and orderly manner. This shall include but not be limited to maintenance of adequate roads and drainageways, yards, trees and shrubs. Specific standards are as provided below.

Manufactured home parks shall comply with the following criteria. Separate standards are established for manufactured home parks registered under the county manufactured home park ordinance as existing or otherwise zoned MHP in the initial adoption of county-wide zoning, manufactured home parks created or expanded under the county manufactured home park ordinance between December 15, 1989, and February 15, 1998, and manufactured home parks created or expansions of manufactured home parks as provided in this chapter. The following subsections prescribe manufactured home park standards for which compliance is required and the time allowed to come into compliance with a specific requirement. Time allowed to come into compliance with specific items varies and is provided with each requirement. A park will be in violation of this chapter if the individual specifications are not met within the required time. In addition to enforcement procedures provided otherwise in this chapter, zoning permits will not be issued for manufactured home parks in violation of this section. All manufactured home parks will be inspected biannually to determine compliance with these standards.

(1)

Manufactured home parks existing prior to the adoption of the county manufactured park ordinance adopted on December 15, 1989, or which were otherwise zoned as manufactured home parks are subject to the following standards:

a.

Internal streets. Internal streets must maintained in good condition either hard surfaced or graveled. Repairs are required to be of the same material as the existing internal street. If the street is gravel then all repairs shall be a minimum of six (6) inches of compacted gravel. If the street is paved the repair shall be a minimum of four (4) inches of compacted stone as base and paved. (Compliance required within one (1) year.) Roads shall be free of potholes, rough surfaces and ponding of water. (Compliance required within six (6) months.)

b.

Parking. Each manufactured home space shall have a minimum four hundred (400) square feet of graveled or paved parking. On-street parking is allowed. (Compliance required within six (6) months.)

c.

Grounds. Grounds shall be kept free of obnoxious weeds, trash litter or debris. This shall include but not be limited to appliances and furniture not designed for outdoor use. (Compliance required within six (6) months.)

d.

Drainage. Property is required to have adequate drainage facilities which will keep their premises free from standing water and permit the natural flow of water across and off the site. Internal streets are to be equipped with adequate drainage. (Compliance required within one (1) year.)

e.

Trash disposal. The owner of the park shall provide one (1) of the following methods:

1.

Provision of centralized trash dumpsters; or

2.

Provision of individual covered trash containers, picked up at least once a week. (Compliance required within six (6) months.)

f.

Street signs and addressing. Park name and address sign shall be provided at the main entrance, which shall be clearly visible from the publicly maintained road. All numbering shall comply with the county addressing ordinance. (Compliance required within six (6) months.)

(2)

Manufactured home parks created or expansions of manufactured home parks approved as provided by the county manufactured park ordinance between December 15, 1989, and February 15, 1998, are subject to the following standards:

a.

Internal streets. Internal streets shall be kept free of potholes, rough surfaces and ponding of water and are required to be maintained to one (1) of the following standards:

1.

The internal street must be an eighteen-foot wide gravel road with six-inch base; or

2.

Sixteen-foot wide paved road, four-inch base.

(Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

b.

Grounds. Grounds shall be kept free of obnoxious weeds, trash litter or debris. This shall include but not be limited to appliances and furniture not designed for outdoor use. (Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

c.

Drainage. Property is required to have adequate drainage facilities which will keep their premises free from standing water and permit the natural flow of water across and off the site. Internal streets are to be equipped with adequate drainage. (Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

d.

Trash disposal. The owner of the park shall provide one (1) of the following methods:

1.

Provision of centralized trash dumpsters; or

2.

Provision of individual covered trash containers, picked up at least once a week.

(Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

e.

Park identification sign. A park identification sign is required. (Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

f.

Street signs and addressing. Park name and address sign shall be provided at the main entrance, which shall be clearly visible from the publicly maintained road. All numbering shall comply with the county addressing ordinance. (Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

g.

Screening. Required adjacent to all developed properties. For the purposes of this subsection, a developed property is one with at least one (1) principal structure located within three hundred (300) feet of the manufactured home park property line used for a residential, commercial, governmental, institutional, or industrial purpose. The required buffer is fifteen (15) feet wide, evergreen shrubs five (5) feet apart and six (6) feet high or equivalent as approved by the zoning administrator. (Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

(3)

Manufactured home parks created or expansions of manufactured home parks approved as provided by the county zoning ordinance are subject to the following standards:

a.

Maintenance of facility. The manufactured home park or expansion approved as provided by this chapter shall maintain the development to the standards required as a condition of approval of the development. (Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

b.

Grounds. Grounds shall be kept free of obnoxious weeds, trash litter or debris. This shall include but not be limited to appliances and furniture not designed for outdoor use. (Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

c.

Drainage. Property is required to have adequate drainage facilities which will keep their premises free from standing water and permit the natural flow of water across and off the site. Internal streets are to be equipped with adequate drainage. (Compliance required within thirty (30) days.)

(Ord. of 2-1-99(1); Ord. of 8-20-01)